EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Prince Harry’s favourite club cracks down on drug use in the toilets by its members
Prince Harry wrote extensively about his past use of illegal drugs in his tawdry memoir, Spare.
However, I hear that his favorite chain of private members’ clubs is cracking down on drug use by fashionable members.
Soho House, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex enjoyed their first date, sent members an email this week warning them of its ‘strict no-drugs policy’.
The crackdown has been so severe that the club has threatened to expel members who shared a toilet room on the grounds that they might be using drugs together.
A branch of Soho House on Dean Street (pictured), where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex enjoyed their first date, sent members an email this week warning them of its ‘strict no-drugs policy’
“With an exciting summer ahead in our UK Houses, we wanted to take this opportunity to remind all our members – both old and new – some important things about using your Soho House membership,” the director wrote, Velma Simmons.
‘We have a strict drug policy in all our Houses. Any member found or suspected to be purchasing, selling, using or possessing illegal drugs while in any of our spaces will have their membership terminated immediately. This also applies to anyone found in a toilet room with someone else.
‘Members or guests who violate our house rules risk having their membership suspended or revoked.’
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex enjoyed their first date at Soho House in London
Jude Law and Sadie Frost’s daughter Iris, then aged two, was rushed to hospital in 2002 after swallowing an ecstasy tablet she found on the floor of Soho House during a children’s birthday party.
Founded in 1995 by Nick Jones, husband of television star Kirsty Young, Soho House has grown into a chain of 42 clubs around the world. Its members include Hollywood stars.
Full membership with access to every location costs just £3,000 per year. Membership at one club starts at £850 per year but is well over £1,000 for many locations.
The Duke of Sussex met Meghan in person for the first time at 76 Dean Street, the Soho branch in one of Westminster’s oldest mansions. They later stayed at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire.
In his autobiography, Spare, Harry admits to using cocaine as a teenager, blaming it on an adolescent rebellion. He claimed he was offered the Class A drug during a hunting weekend when he was 17, and on a few other occasions.
He admits lying about his cocaine use when confronted at the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002.
King Charles’ youngest son also revealed that he had smoked cannabis at Eton College, and said he had continued to use the drug at Nottingham Cottage, the house he moved into with Meghan on the grounds of Kensington Palace.